Abstract

The paper proposes the complete critical edition of Fausta Cialente "Middle East", an unpublished composition preserved inside the author "Diary of War" (1941-47). The text, consisting of eight typewritten pages full of autograph corrections, is dated February- July 1947 and contains the prologue and the opening chapter of an unfinished first person novel dedicated to Cialente's anti-fascist militancy. The edition is accompanied by an introduction analyzing text history, transmission and preservation conditions and clarifying its relationship with the rest of author's diaries.